Estate planning including Wills, Revocable or Living Trusts, Advance Medical Directives or Living Wills, Durable and Limited Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Medicaid planning, Irrevocable Trusts such as Disability Trusts, Life Insurance Trusts and Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT); Family Partnerships, Family Business planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Split Dollar Agreements, Grantor Trusts and Business Succession planning; Charitable Giving including Private Foundations, Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRAT and CRUT), Charitable Lead Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, and Charitable Pooled Income Funds; Estate administration, and Trust administration, Fiduciary Responsibilities.

Articles and Presentations on Basics of Estate Planning, Sophisticated Estate Planning Techniques, Charitable Giving and Estate Planning Techniques, Advance Directives and Disability Planning.

Chosen for inclusion in "Maryland´s Super Lawyers® 2010" for Estate Planning & Probate (also named in 2007, 2008 and 2009).
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Elected to two-year term on the Maryland State Bar Association´s Board of Governors, 2010.   

Maryland State Bar, 1987
District of Columbia, 1989

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1987
Syracuse University, A.B. 1984 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and Tax Section

• District of Columbia Bar Association, Estate and Trust Section

• Maryland State Bar Association, Estate and Trust Section, Tax Section and Elder Law Section

• Bar Association of Baltimore City, Vice President; Chair, Personnel Committee; Secretary (2005-2006); Treasurer (2006-2007); Past Chair: Legal Services to the Elderly Committee; Past Chair, Membership Committee.  

• Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc., President; Life Fellow; Secretary (2005-2006); Treasurer (2006-2007).